Or Pacific Radio Amateurs

Conducted by Ex ZK-1-AC/VR-2-AK

lOUGH the Tokelaus have been assigned the ZM6 prefix, as applicable to Western Samoa, the islands are still considered »arate country from the DXCC scoring view is is emphasised in a despatch from Les, VS, who reports a temporary lull in ZM6

ning activities, e situation now is tllows: ZM6AF (ex-

Agr), Zm6Al, 6Ar,

and 6AI all plan sume activity early 956. GM6AT has very busy in his time working for film unit shooting ern of Islands", that should end d - December. Les, S, has just ac- I a National NC-93 er and should r on the air with w transmitter in ry. He also reports cresting visitor to some time ago in hape of Evelyn, *, of Long Beach, nia, well known n active Ham. her husband, H. ott, she was en to a Tahiti vaca- Returning, a while lent in Apia and was allocated temporary call , making about rerseas QSO's be eparting for New J via Fiji. The are now in Aus- Call-sign ZM6AB

ie back into thebox.

Sparks Caldwell, KS6AB, still very busy, 0 appear again soon. In the attached 'an American Prints photographer caught ngside a 2 kw. transmitter which he has tailed at Tafuna Airport as part of the snt to serve the new PAA air link. (If hears a 2 kw. Ham signal they will rat its only really 1 kw.!) r items from Eric Trebilcock, BERS-195: <9RH, is now the sole Norfolk Island f R2AR, Eric Reynolds, of Lauthala Bay, pleased to know that he's putting a mc/s sig. into Victoria when schedding tier, ZL3RN in mid-mornings; or will jnd stations copied by Eric on 14 mc/s October included FKBAO, VK9RM, 9RH,

Kc6Cg, Kr6Zc, 6Qw, 6Qc, Kg6Agc,

2CL. a correction to an earlier PIM item.

J-l-DL, ex-ZC3AB, is Dave Laing, not athew as stated. The latter is ZC3AC. cidentally, expresses the fervent wish 1 Wright will appear on the air from i the not too distant future. ssue we will have a photo of the new Radio Receiving Station out from This station, as earlier reported, is e control of veteran Ham W. J. Peell, with DX king ex-VK9GW, now VK2AVW, rther news as yet of Danny Weil and iming yacht "Yasme", now due in Oceania from Panama; or of the • Island, Line Group, situation. Only vs is that the Honolulu-Papeete air as not commenced. There is no infor is to whether work is yet proceeding istablishment of the Christmas Island cilities, etc., but a KP6 call could t any moment.

Cunnold, ZK-l-AB, o.i.c. Rarotonga nd the Cooks Rl, has completed his I returns to New Zealand with his

family in November.

VK6WG, Mr. W. C. Gee, returned to Port Moresby late in November after vacation in England with Mrs. Gee.

Please address future communications for this column to J. P. Shortall, ZL-l-AIK, PO Box 5179 Wellesley Street, Auckland, NZ.

t Scouts from Gilbert and Ellice islands, Fiji and Tonga will attend me Pan-Pacific Jamboree which begins in Melbourne, Vic., on De cember 28. t It is reported from Santo, New Hebrides, that Mr. Maurice Vedel Jo. described as a “commercial em ployee” was recently murdered in a shooting affray. No details are given.